Kellan Heavican

Background

About Kellan Heavican

Kellan grew up on a farm in east central Nebraska near the small town of Schuyler. He spent his time with his parents raising corn and soybeans. He joined 4-H where he and his family began raising cattle after buying his first bucket calf from a family friend. His second bucket calf was purchased from the sail barn and brought home in the back seat of a pickup. Kellan began his passion for telling stories during his junior year of high school where he began as the school’s all-sport public address announcer. While balancing his love for sports, his passion for his cattle herd grew where showed cattle for more than a decade including stops at the National Western Stock Show, North American International Livestock Exposition, and the Nebraska State Fair. He joined the North American Junior Red Angus Board of Directors where he served as president. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a sports emphasis and a minor in Czech language studies. In 2018 after graduating, he became the news and sports director at three stations in Charles City, Iowa. He helped double the station’s news coverage and tripled the station’s sports coverage. He helped organize a service learning trip for two Iowa FFA Chapters where he chronicled their help with a Nebraska feedlot devastated by the historic 2019 floods. The following year, he moved back to Lincoln and became a news anchor, reporter and host at 1400 KLIN. He led breaking news coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, summer protests and the 2020 election. Kellan has won Nebraska Broadcasters Association, Iowa Broadcast News Association and Eric Sevareid awards for news writing, play-by-play announcing, breaking news coverage and feature writing. He remains active in the cattle industry and helps his family raise cattle on their ranch in Nebraska’s sandhills. Kellan’s hobbies include spending time outdoors, watching sports, spending time with his family and refereeing basketball.